Psalms 83:18

Psalms 83:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That men may know that thou, whose name alone is Jehovah, art the most high over all the earth.
• New International Version (NIV)Let them know that you, whose name is the Lord— that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that they may know that you alone, whose name is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)That they may know that You, whose name alone is the Lord, Are the Most High over all the earth.

Context of Psalms 83:18

16Cause them to be very ashamed, Lord, so that they might turn to you. 17May they always be ashamed and frightened. Let them die with shame! Then they will understand that you are the Lord. They will know that you are the Most High God who rules over all the earth.

Psalms 83:18 word by word

וְֽיֵדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֬ה שִׁמְךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה לְבַדֶּ֑ךָ עֶ֝לְי֗וֹן עַל־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• may knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that thou, whose nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Jehovahיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the most highעֶלְיוֹן‛elyôn · Most HighH5945
• over all the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776

Cross-references for Psalms 83:18

• Psalms 9:16The Lord has shown us who he is. We know that he brings justice. Wicked people will catch themselves in their own traps. Higgaion. Selah.
• Psalms 59:13Because you are angry with them, destroy them! Destroy them completely, so that they are no more. Then everybody will know that God rules in Israel, and he rules everywhere in the earth. Selah.
• 1 Kings 18:37Please answer me, Lord! Answer me so that these people will know that you, Lord, are the true God. They will know that you have caused them to turn back to serve you again.’
• 2 Kings 19:19So now, our Lord and our God, please save us from the power of Sennacherib! Then all the kingdoms in the world will know that you Lord are the only God.’
• Isaiah 5:16But the Lord Almighty will be lifted up high by his justice. People will know that he is holy when he comes as judge.
• Jeremiah 16:21‘So I, the Lord, will teach these people about my great power. Then they will understand that I am the Lord, the true God.’
• Ezekiel 30:19That is how I will punish Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ’
• Ezekiel 38:23I will show all the nations that I am great and I am holy. Then they will know that I am the Lord.” ’
• Genesis 22:14Abraham called that place ‘The Lord will give me what I need.’ People still say today, ‘On the mountain of the Lord, he will give us what we need.’
• Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I showed them that I am God Almighty. But I did not let them know me by my special name, the Lord.
• Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord. That is my name. I will not let anyone else share my glory. I will not let people praise idols. I am the only one that they must praise.
• Psalms 92:8You, Lord, will rule as King for ever!
• Isaiah 54:5Now your Maker is your husband. His name is the Lord Almighty. Israel's Holy God is your Redeemer. He is called, ‘The God who rules the whole earth’.
• Daniel 4:25People will chase you away from the city, so that you have to live with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cows do. Dew from the sky will make you wet. You will live in that way for seven years. Then you will understand that the powerful God above rules over human kingdoms. He gives authority to rule to anyone that he chooses.
• Micah 4:13‘People in Zion, get up and fight your enemies,’ God says to you. ‘Hit them like people thresh the wheat. I will make you very strong. Then you will be like dangerous animals with iron horns and metal feet. You will beat enemies from many countries, as men crush things into small pieces. The people from those countries became rich, because they did bad things. But you will bring their riches to me, because I am the Lord of all the earth.’
• Zechariah 4:14So the angel said, ‘These are the two men that the Lord of all the earth has chosen to be his servants.’

Commentaries on Psalms 83:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18That men may know - That they may acknowledge, and be converted to thee. Here is no malice; all is self-defense.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18That men may know - That all people may be impressed with the belief that thou art the true and only God. This was the design and aim of the prayer in the psalm. It was that there might be such a manifestation of the power of God; that it might be so evident that the events which had occurred could be traced to no other source than God himself, that all people might be led to honor him. That thou whose name alone is Jehovah - To whom alone this name…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 All who oppose the kingdom of Christ may here read their doom. God is the same still that ever he was; the same to his people, and the same against his and their enemies. God would make their enemies like a wheel; unsettled in all their counsels and resolves. Not only let them be driven away as stubble, but burnt as stubble. And this will be the end of wicked men. Let them be made to fear thy name, and perhaps that will bring them to seek thy…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-18The psalmist prays that God will miraculously destroy the new coalition as he did three other enemies; doing so would bring him glory.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-181. God addressed as indifferent (compare Psa 35:22; 39:12). be not still--literally, "not quiet," as opposed to action.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 83:18

• Afflictions and Adversities
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Commentaries on Psalms 83

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings